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Pet Lambs

16-04-2019 11:22AM

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horsemad

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At what age would you wean pet lambs. Have 2 one is 8 weeks and other is 6 weeks both eating ration.

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#2 16-04-2019 12:37PM

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horsemad wrote: »

At what age would you wean pet lambs. Have 2 one is 8 weeks and other is 6 weeks both eating ration.

We wean when they're
1. consistently eating half a pound of good quality 18% lamb creep per day.
2. two and a half times their birth weight and
3. more than 35 days old

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